Church of St Aeddan, Bettws Newydd

The Church of St Aeddan, Bettws Newydd, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a fifteenth-century church of twelfth-century origin. It is a Grade I listed building as of 1 September 1956.[1]

Church of St Aeddan
Church of St Aeddan
Location in Monmouthshire
LocationBettws Newydd, Monmouthshire
CountryWales
DenominationChurch in Wales
History
StatusParish church
FoundedC15th century
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade I
Designated9 January 1956
Architectural typeChurch
Administration
ParishBettws Newydd and Kemeys Commander
DeaneryRaglan/Usk
ArchdeaconryMonmouth
DioceseMonmouth
Clergy
Vicar(s)The Reverend Canon T. G. Clement

History and architecture

The church dates from the twelfth century but the current building is medieval. The interior contains "perhaps the most complete rood arrangement remaining in any church in England and Wales".[2] The rood screen, loft and tympanum are all in situ. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales considers that the screen is "most remarkable" and "probably unique in the British Isles".[3]

  • The interior
  • The churchyard cross

Notes
  1. Cadw. "Bettws Newydd Church  (Grade I) (1962)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  2. Newman 2000, p. 120.
  3. "BETTWS NEWYDD CHURCH; BETWS NEWYDD CHURCH - Coflein". coflein.gov.uk.
gollark: Some sort of magic box with an internet connection and possibly video output? Yes.
gollark: They certainly seem to obtain PCBs from *somewhere* in fairly large quantities.
gollark: In one of the other departments.
gollark: I think the school also has some sort of PCB production equipment extant.
gollark: Actually, the time per unit time increases asymptotically as you approach 1970.

References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.